#72FAF8#72FAF8

#72FAF8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.119 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72FAF8
RGB	rgb(114, 250, 248)
HSL	hsl(179, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 0.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.11, -37.42, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.11, 38.82, 195.44°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.1153 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.119 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0611, 78.7202, 100.9235)
Luminance	0.7873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72FAF8 #FA7274

analogous

#72FAB4 #72FAF8 #72B8FA

triadic

#72FAF8 #F872FA #FAF872

tetradic

#72FAF8 #B472FA #FA7274 #B8FA72

square

#72FAF8 #B472FA #FA7274 #B8FA72

split-complementary

#72FAF8 #FA72B8 #FAB472

monochromatic

#08E9E6 #37F8F5 #72FAF8 #ADFCFB #E1FEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#72FAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#72FAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72FAF8

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72FAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72FAF8	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECEFF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6DFF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00FFF9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72faf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 250, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.119 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6fcfa',
    500: '#72faf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72faf8;
$custom-light: #a6fcfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72faf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90933,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72FAF8

secondary

#D63B3D

accent

#0003E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FFFF

border

#D0D7D7

text

#111717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #72FAF8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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